Display folder



May 1, 1923.

C. C. FLEMING ET AL DIS PLAY FOLDER Filed Sept. 7. 1922 .Hl i mmmmmwmmmwmwmmmwmwwwmmmwwwmmWw l1 TTOR/VEV CLARENCE C FLEMING,

or AMITYVILLE, NEW YORK,

AND HARQLD mes-s 9F.

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Application file d September 7, 1922. Serial No. 586,724.

1'0 all whom it may concern Be it known chat we; CLARENCE C. F LEM- mo, a-citizen of the -Unitedstates, anda resident of Amit-yville in the county of'Suf- 5 folk and State of New York, and HAROLD L. Matures,- a citizen of the United States, and aresident of-l\Iorristown, in'the'county of Morris and State Of New Jersey,- have invented eertain new" and useful Improvefollowing is "specification, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof. 1' v Our invention relates to that type of display-folders preferably formed from cardboard blanks showing a design on" the outer face, in conjunction-1 'with'-"a;n inner shift ablfe'card carryingon its outersurface 'the different designs whichwillccmbin'e with the design of outer face through a suitablycut display-opening to show different coinpleted-images when the inner card is transversely 'shifted' in'to different positions.

The objects of ourinv'ention are, anior'ig 25 other things. to providea simplified displayfolder of this character which may be-easily and cheaply construc'ted, and also to provide means so 'that the inner card ma not. only be securely held within the folder when" closed by stop abutments,'butalso will readily aline such inhercardat th'e limits of transverse movement so that" the" two images therein may properly register with the outer rnargined "edges of -the display opening 'shdwing the reinainden'of the design common to both face of our folder.

Our improved folder also permits of printed matter being arranged when desired on the inner=surfaces of the flap and inner faceof the body:- and-also provides images on the outer for the withdrawal of the' inner card and ready 'subst'itution ofanother card of simi larsize carrylngdiffe-rent designs" for display through the opening in the'bodyof the folderi in -register "with the design on the outer face.

Further objects and advantages will appear heiteinaft'er andf be particularly pointed out in theeiarim and we haveshown one embodiment of our invention in the accompanying drawings in which- Fig. .l is a plan view of the closed folder with the shiftable card lowered and showing in this instance a side elevation of theexposed exterior'ofanautomobile; i??? F ig. 2 is a'view' sirnilar toQFig. l but wit the inner-card raised teshowthrou'gh the; display opening-aside view of the engine motor, drive shaft and gearing on the rear axle in conjunction with the outer' body shown'in Fig. 3; f Fig. 3 is a plan view of the open folder body and showing the outer" fia'p'e'Xtended "Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on t he line 4-4 of Fig. l looking in the direction ofthe arrows; and Fig. 5' is a plan view of the shiftable inner card showing the two superposed "designs as further illustrated in 'conibination Figs. 1 and 2.

Similarnumerals refer to similar parts throughout the severalfiguresh Referring to the figures a nd more particularly to Fig. 3, the body 6 of the folderwjvhic'h is preferably form'ed' froin cardboard comprises the rectangular outer faceT-w'itlr the inwardly bent inner face 8 to which side strips are secured from the outer face Tto form an inner rectangular po'ck'etQ: Integral with the upper 'edge 10 11 of the outer face 7 is the bent-over rectangular closing flap- 12 haVing the centrally-ah ranged circular hole 1'3 cut thereinand extending through the inner face -8 with the end portions 14 and 15*(sh'o'wn by dotted lines)scored to form stop abutmentswvlii'l'e the interniediateportions 16011 either s ide of the hole 13am" slit asshown bythe f'l -lll lines in Fig. 3. Theouterface 7 has fornied therein the display-'opening'l7 of any' suit a'ble size or contour as shown'in "Figs. 12 2' d "1 1 1: 'In Fig. 5 we have shown the inner shift able card IFS-having the upper portion "cut away at the sides to form the "shoulders 19' and 20' and the intermediatetongue 21 ha v ing its width approximately thatofthe slits 163 The two designs '22 and-23"showing component p'artsof the automobile to be exposedthro'uglr the display t ening' 17' are superposed as 'shown in .=Fi, -5 upo n the same 'si'de of the inne'r card 18. 7

Our display-folder is assembled and operated substantially as follows: The body 6 and extended flap 12 are placed in alinement so that the pocket 9 is open along the top;

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then the inner card 18 is inserted in the pocket 9 with the two designs 22 and 23 arranged to be exposed through the opening 17. The outer flap 12 is then turned down to be in substantial parallelism with the body 6 as shown in Fig. 4 with the middle portion of the tongue 21 exposed in the hole 13 between the outer face 7 and flap 12 as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. The upper wheel and running board design 22 (Fig. 5) then registers through the displayopening 17 with the remainder of the automobile body image as shown in Fig. 1. lVhen it is desired to show the lower engine and drive-shaft design 23 (Fig. 5), the tongue 21 is grasped between thumb and forefinger in the hole 13 and drawn upwardly through the-slits 16 until the shoulders 19 and 20 engage the bent-over scored portions let and 15 respectively which limit the outward movement of the card 18 and properly register the lower design 23 with that on the outer face 7 as shown in Fig. 2.

The composite automobile design here shown only for illustration of the capabilities and advantages of our display-folder which lends itself to all manner of designs and images haiving'composite illustrations through appropriately cut display-openings as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Furthermore we do not wish to confine ourselves to the above specific construction and arrangement of designs 01' shapes of the parts as modifications in the various details of construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the scope of our present invention.

We claim as our invention:

1. A display-folder comprising a body portion having a pocket. a bent-over flap closing the pocket and intermediately slitted along the fold, an opening formed in the outer face of the pocket, and adisplay card held in the pocket by the flap with a tongue projectable through the slit to shift the card in the pocket relatively to said opening.

2. A display-folder comprising a body portion having a pocket. an integral bentover flap closing the pocket and intermediately slitted along the fold, an opening formed in the outer face of the pocket, and a display card held in the pocket. by the flap with a tongue substantially as wide as said slit and projectable therethrough to shift the card in the pocket relatively to said opening.

3. A display-folder comprising a body portion having an inner pocket. a bent-over closing flap having a centrally disposed slit along its fold. a display-opening formed in the pocket, and a display card having a plurality of spaced-apart designs held in said pocket with a tongue substantially as wide as said slit projectable therethrough to shift the card in the pocket to register any of said designs with said display-opening.

4. A display-folder comprising a body portion having an inner pocket, a bent-over closing flap integral with the pocket and having a centrally disposed slit along its fold, a display-opening formed in the pocket, and a display card having a plurality of spaced-apart designs held in. said pocket by the flap with a tongue substantially as Wide as said slit projectable therethrough to shift the card in the pocket to register any of said designs with said display-opening. v

5. A display-folder comprising a body portion having an inner pocket, a bent-over closing flap integral with said pocket and intermediately slitted along its foldwith a centrally-arranged hole cut. therein, and a display card held in said pocket by the flap with a tongue projectable through the slit when grasped through said hole to shift the card in the pocket.

6. A display-folder comprising a body portion having outer and inner faces to form a pocket. a bent-over flap integral with said outer face to close said pocket and provided with stop abutments, a display-opening formed in said outer face, a displayrard contained in said pocket by said flap but shiftable therein, said card having side shoulders to engage said abutments to limit its outward movement.

7. A display-folder comprising a body portion having outer and inner faces to form a pocket, a bent-over flap integral with said outer face to close said pocket and provided with stop abutments. a displayopening formed in said outer face, with a partial image about said display-opening, a display card having a plurality of designs contained in said pocket by said flap but CLARENCE C. FLEMING. HAROLD L. MYERS. 

